From James Madison to Congress, 20 March 1810 (Abstract)
§ To Congress
20 March 1810. Submits a return of the militia, “as received by the Department of War from the several States and Territories.”
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E6); RC (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages). Each RC 1 p., in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Enclosure (1 p., 16″ × 52″) is Eustis’s 16 Mar. report of returns, by states and territories, of numbers of militia members (totaling 684,335) and equipment. Received and tabled by the Senate on 20 Mar. and by the House on 21 Mar. (Military Affairs, 1:258–62.
, 11th Cong., 2d sess., 612, 1605). Printed in ,